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The_Doctor posted:Big Mean Jerk, was this from you? Nope, the only board game coming from me was Forbidden Desert.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Nope, the only board game coming from me was Forbidden Desert. Huh, ok thanks! This arrived today with no note or anything. 
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Posted this two threads ago, on December 18th:Davros1 posted:https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1340032996452290562?s=20 Well ... RTD just announced: https://twitter.com/SafeSpaceDrWho/status/1351246822388494354?s=20
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I forgot how good Flatline is. The tiny TARDIS is such a great idea, I'd have been happy if they stretched it out to a two parter with more tiny TARDIS antics. And 2D monsters is a cool and good idea. Why the heck hasn't Chibnall had Jamie Mathieson back? Mummy on the Orient Express, Flatline, and Oxygen are all top tier stories. Yeah The Girl Who Died was less good but nobody's perfect and that was co-written with Moffat.
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marktheando posted:I forgot how good Flatline is. The tiny TARDIS is such a great idea, I'd have been happy if they stretched it out to a two parter with more tiny TARDIS antics. And 2D monsters is a cool and good idea. He wanted all new writers, rather than have anyone from Before who had been successful.
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The_Doctor posted:He wanted all new writers, rather than have anyone from Before who had been successful. On the one hand I applaud the attempt at doing his own thing without leaning on past success, but on the other hand... it’s uh definitely okay to lean a little, Chibs! Especially when a lot of your new blood writers have just turned in kinda bland scripts with no character.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:On the one hand I applaud the attempt at doing his own thing without leaning on past success, but on the other hand... it’s uh definitely okay to lean a little, Chibs! Doubly especially when you end up writing 50% of everything.
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Khanstant posted:Yeah I guess if River is here I can't use the "oh he's busy being a fake roman soldier" excuse. Rory is fine, okay, but he is no best girl Rory is best girl to the TARDIS, and that counts!
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Yeah, of all the past writers on the show (short of RTD or Moffat writing one), the one I'd most want to return is Jamie Mathieson. Mummy on the Orient Express is a masterpiece.
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Art. That what they just watched. 
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I really just don't get how the Doctor ended up here when the early revival was just so good. It's frustratin. Time for Disney to buy the whole thing and start a 20 year movie franchise.
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Gameko posted:I really just don't get how the Doctor ended up here when the early revival was just so good. It's frustratin. How can the writing be this bad?
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marktheando posted:Please don't even joke about a Disney Doctor Who "Geronimo!" "Allons y!" "Chim chim cher-ee!"
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Gameko posted:I really just don't get how the Doctor ended up here when the early revival was just so good. It's frustratin. It's been almost 16 years since the revival started, and we're 5 "full-time" Doctors into it with talk about who might be the 6th. It's a fair whack of time. For context the original run went 26 years with a lot of ups and downs along the way, and at this time in the original run Tom Baker was into his last couple of series.
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Mel's back! Also Season 24 on Blu-ray! https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1352224428235522050
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The_Doctor posted:Mel's back! Also Season 24 on Blu-ray! lol Mel stole the Big Finish chair.
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The_Doctor posted:Mel's back! Also Season 24 on Blu-ray! I'm so glad old man Sly played the spoons in costume. adorable
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Many died or went mad making the HD transfer of Time and the Rani. We salute them o7
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The_Doctor posted:Mel's back! Also Season 24 on Blu-ray! ahh, that was quite sweet
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Senor Tron posted:It's been almost 16 years since the revival started, and we're 5 "full-time" Doctors into it with talk about who might be the 6th. It's a fair whack of time. At this point I prefer original who hands down. I'll take the most boring 2-set Jon Pertwee no budget bottle episode over the debacle that was the 12th Doctor's debut. The moment in Deep Breath when Lady Vastra and crew come ninjaing down on to save the day...what am I even watching? Who the gently caress thought that was a good idea?
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Don't say things you can't take back, at least Deep Breath is shorter than The Monster of Peladon
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Don't say things you can't take back, at least Deep Breath is shorter than The Monster of Peladon How dare you insult the giant penis monster
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egon_beeblebrox posted:The second half of Deep Breath is p. good. Too bad about that first half. Basically everything from the restaurant onwards is decent.
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Rhyno posted:How dare you insult the giant penis monster Creature from the Pit isn't for a few years
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Creature from the Pit isn't for a few years Nor is Daleks in Manhattan
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Rhyno posted:It's penis monsters all the way down Sounds gay, I'm in. 
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The_Doctor posted:Basically everything from the restaurant onwards is decent. That and the first episode of 'Last of the Time Lords' were the times I've felt most genuinely embarrassed to be watching Doctor Who. And I watched 'The Twin Dilemma' and both the Rani stories on their first broadcast!
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Gameko posted:At this point I prefer original who hands down. I'll take the most boring 2-set Jon Pertwee no budget bottle episode over the debacle that was the 12th Doctor's debut. Same here, nuWho looks slick and there are times when the show has flashes of genuine heart, but I absolutely hate that it's designed for the modern era of television and everything just feels like it's in a hurry to get to the end of the episode because it all has to be wrapped up in 45-55 minutes or so. Whereas putting on something like a six-part Pertwee story is like comfortably slipping into a big recliner and relaxing with a nice hot cup of tea at the end of a long day.
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The_Doctor posted:Sounds gay, I'm in. The real penis monster was the friends we made along the way.
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Sydney Bottocks posted:Same here, nuWho looks slick and there are times when the show has flashes of genuine heart, but I absolutely hate that it's designed for the modern era of television and everything just feels like it's in a hurry to get to the end of the episode because it all has to be wrapped up in 45-55 minutes or so. Whereas putting on something like a six-part Pertwee story is like comfortably slipping into a big recliner and relaxing with a nice hot cup of tea at the end of a long day. This is a good point that I hadn't thought about much. The reboot sits in the unenviable position of being an episodic series in the age of prestige television. Episode format feels archaic and...childish? At least in the year 2021. Staple that to the fact that Who is a cultural icon that plods on despite itself and is meant to be a family show: you end up with something that feels pretty unsatisfying. Old Who gave characters and situations plenty of time to breathe (sometimes to a fault). As an American who grew up watching Dr. 4 and Dr. 5 on PBS the feel of the show was so different from the domestic television of the time. We're never going back to that kind of pacing, but man... a modern Who written as a smart, 12 part prestige series could be a thing of beauty. Guess we'll have to wait for it to show up on Disney+ in five years. The best part is they can bring back Mr. I-ain't-gettin-no-Disney-Plus as Dr. #15:  He should be ready to get paid by then.
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Gameko posted:At this point I prefer original who hands down. I'll take the most boring 2-set Jon Pertwee no budget bottle episode over the debacle that was the 12th Doctor's debut. What are you talking about, The Pilot owned.
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